Graffiti on a traffic signal pole. Black marker. Operating mouse a nose and three eyes in the shape of rhombuses. One eye is composed of two rhombuses like the number eight
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A photo of the back of a white truck. There is a lot of graffiti drawn on the back of the truck including the depiction of a topless girl and a psychedelic mushroom with an eye on its cap.
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A photo of a stack of concrete ring sections. There is spray painted graffiti on it. On the left is a dripping blue skull in two different shades wearing a hat. On the right is a stylized cartoon of a man smoking with big hair and unexpressive eyes. "che" Is written on the hat of blue skull
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A photo of a sign. The top says " TAKE PRIDE IN OAKLAND" But the remainder of the sign is not visible because of all the slap stickers on it.
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Slaps #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A photo of one of those utility access plates from the side. There are two slap stickers on it. One says "DOOB GYSEK" and the other depicts a time can with a scene of a duck and the word "TATOO"
I greatly appreciate the absurdist street art. Are there tattoos in the can? Obviously not, that's just the brand name. Are there ducks in the can? Maybe. Maybe just something related to ducks. Or unrelated.
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Slaps #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A photo of a signs pole. There are stickers on the pool and a spray painted image. The image is is black shape with white writing and graphics. It says "I'M NOT SUR?". There are two simple overlapping happy faces in the middle. The eyes are done in pen. One is smiling. The other is frowning.
This one is unusual. It's common to see slaps on sign poles, you can see the edges of some in the photo, but the image in the center is spray-painted on the pole (stencils presumably), with the eyes and mouth done with pen.
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Slaps #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A grease pen drawing of a cartoon face on a metal box.
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A photo of a plastic road barrier. There's a drawing of a sofa chair in pen. Chair is written beneath it in all caps.
Chair.
#Graffiti #SreetArt #Oakland, CA. #uptownoakland #LakeMerrit
A white #pelican at #LakeMerrit, Oakland, CA. We generally do not see white pelicans along the coast in California. White pelicans stay somewhat inland because they breed and nest in marshes, lakes, and wetlands. Brown pelicans nest mostly in colonies on small coastal islands.
An urban sidewalk in front of the leg. " I ❤️ u Stephanie is written in spray paint"
#Grafitti #LakeMerrit.
How I imagined it went:
Them: I got you something. Look over there.
Stephanie: Omg you did an art crime for me?!
Another Stephanie having the same conversation a few feet away: Hold on a fucking minute
Lake Merritt in Oakland at dusk
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The bodega near my house got robbed again. This happens every few weeks, different days and times. Lake Merrit used to be one of the most desireable areas to live for working class Oaklanders. Sad to be ditching Oaktown, but I'm too old for this shit. #Oakland #LakeMerrit